Specialty Doctor Ophthalmology

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to join the ophthalmology team within Hampshire Hospitals. We offer a variety of services within the team including cataract surgery, glaucoma, medical retina, paediatrics and plastics. We are looking for someone with general knowledge of ophthalmology and someone who is looking for an opportunity to develop their skills.

Main duties of the job

This post is suitable for someone who already has a background in Ophthalmology and wishes to develop their Ophthalmology specialty skills further. The post-holder will be closely supervised and will be expected to see new and follow up patients in the outpatient clinic and be able to carry out a range of ophthalmic tests and investigations in order to complete diagnosis and document and enact a management plan. We are looking for a post holder looking to develop their clinical skills in a supported way. There is ample opportunity to be involved in research and audit projects locally. Two recent incumbents have been successful in ST3 application.

The job plan comprises of a 10 PA allocation. These are split as 9 DCC and 1 SPA. These will be split as 8 fixed clinical sessions, 1 admin session, and 1 SPA session allocated for continuous professional development (SPA). There are no out of hours on-call requirement for this post. There may be some evening and weekend clinics as part of this role. In these weeks a session will be made free during the day.

About us

Thank you for expressing an interest to work with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Our vision is to provide outstanding patient care for every patient, not only the ones we see today, but those who will need us in the future. We focus on the care we provide and the staff who care for our patients, or support those who do. We are innovative and always improving. We actively seek colleagues who share our values and vision.

This is an exciting time to join the Trust, as we develop our clinical strategy and plans for modernising our hospitals and health services (MOHHS) in the Hampshire Together programme. This programme, as part of the Government's Health Infrastructure Programme (HIP2), will see improved integration with primary care, community services and other acute providers, as well as investing over £500M in a new hospital and significant refurbishment into the Royal Hampshire County Hospital. This, in the context of closer working with all providers across the Hampshire Isle of Wight Integrated Care System gives us many opportunities to improve the care we provide.